The Nairobi Hospital. An increase in the cost of medicine, check-ups and medical procedures at the Nairobi Hospital has prompted eight major insurance companies to suspend their services at the health facility. The insurance companies —First Assurance, Minet, Pacis Insurance, Madison Insurance, AAR, Old Mutual, Britam, and CIC—in independent official statements obtained by the Nation…
Caption for the landscape image: Exporters emerged as the biggest winners in this week’s presidential roundtable with business leaders in an operating environment where growing protectionist tariff policies are gradually replacing multilateralism in international trade with bilateral deals. President William Ruto directed Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry Lee Kinyanjui to urgently resolve emerging…
A worker at the East African Breweries (EABL) microbrewery off Thika Road on January 26, 2024. An offer by listed brewer East African Breweries Limited (EABL) to buy out minority shareholders in its Ugandan subsidiary fell short of the target, realising just 7.9 percent of the 2.18 million shares that it had hoped to buy.…
Caption for the landscape image: More than a decade since the country adopted the devolved system of governance, it has come with a mixed bag of fortunes. Despite notable economic growth, there has been persistent fiscal mismanagement, political interference, and weak implementation. This assessment comes as governors gather in Homa Bay County for the Devolution…